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v CASH REGISTER. No. 473,723. Patented Apr. 26, 1892.

UNITED STATEs PATENl HENRY AUGEST BIERLEY, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,723, dated April26, 1892,

Application filed December 14,1891. Serial No. 415,014. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRYAUGEST BIERLEY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State clear,and exact description of the invention,

which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in cash-registers of that characterdescribed and illustrated in Letters Patent granted to me November 3,1891, No. 462,615, in which a sealed cash drawer or receptacle isprovided, inaccessible, except to authorized persons, and an unlockedchange-drawer, and suitable shutters for opening and closing thecashopenings operated by depressing the indicating-key, which alsoregister the amount of sales made and actuate display-plates forindicating the sales.

The present invention is designed as an improvement upon that set forthin the above patent, and relates more particularly to the registeringdevices and the means for actuating the display 4 plates which indicatethe amount of a sale at the time it is made, although the device isimproved in general, whereby it is rendered more efficient when inoperation.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a central longitudinalsection of a cash-register constructed in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is a side view, on an enlarged scale, of one of theindicating-keys and connections. Fig. 3 is a front view of the same.Fig. 4 is a View, partly in section and partly in elevation, of theregistering-wheels. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of the same. Fig. 7is a detail view of the disk connected with one of theregistering-wheels. Fig. 8 is a side view of one of theregistering-wheels, showing the spring-actuated catch. Fig. 9 is adetail perspective View of one of the indicating-keys. Fig. 10 is a planview of a portion of the plate actuated by the indicatingkeys to operatethe display-plates.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates the casing,whichis substantially like that shown in my patent before referred to, withthe exception that it has a sight-opening 2, through which theregistering-wheels may be inspected.

The numeral 3 denotes a frame, in which is journaled a transverse shaft4, which carries the registering devices, which consist of a primarywheel 5 and a secondary wheel 6, which are loose upon said shaft. Theprimary wheel 5 is formed with cogs on its periphery, and is alsoprovided with an annular flange 7, on which is consecutively arranged aseries of numbers running from 0 to 29 in the present instance. Thesecondary wheel is similarly formed; but the numbers thereon arearranged in multiples of thirty in regular arithmetical progression. Thenumber and arrangement of the registering characters may be varied,depending to a great extent upon the size of the wheels. Pivoted to theinner face of the wheel 5 is a pawl 8, which is adapted to engage with aratchet-wheel 9, secured to or formed with wheel 6. Keyed to the shaft 4is a disk 10, having a groove 12 in its face, with a depression 13, inwhich works a pin or stud 14: on the pawl S. This disk is locatedintermediate of the wheels 5 and 6, with the groove therein facing thewheel 5. It will be understood that there is one wheel 5 and 6 and adisk for each registering-key, the object of the two wheels being toindicate the number of depressions of each key, so that the aggregatesales may be ascertained. It will also be noted that for each revolutionof wheel 5 the secondary wheel 6 will be turned the extent of onenumber, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

The shaft 4 should be squared at one end to receive a wrench, and inorder to enable all the wheels to be turned to zero at the beginning ofa days work the shaft 4 may be provided with a groove 15, extending fromend to end thereof, which has one of its sides beveled 0r inclined at anangle to the axis. (See Fig. 8.) Secured to each of the wheels 5 and 6is a small tube 16, containing a coiled spring 17 and a catch 18, havinga beveled end 19 corresponding with groove 15. By

()FFrcnL this construction the wheels can turn freely on the shaft 4 inone direction, as the end of the catch will slide over the beveled sideof the groove. The wheels, however, cannot turn in the oppositedirection, so that when the shaft is rotated in that direction thecatches will rotate the Wheels so that they can all be turned back tozero.

Pivoted on a transverse shaft 20, secured to the frame of the device,are the key-levers 21, being provided at their inner ends withspring-actuated pawls 22, which engage with the cogs on the wheels 5when a key is depressed, so as to move or rotate the wheels.

The front or outer ends of the key-levers are pivoted to vertical bars23, provided with finger-buttons 24. Intermediate of the key-bars 23 andthe shaft each lever is provided with a downwardly-depending arm 25,which is adapted to strike the end of a lever 26, pivoted on atransverse shaft 27. The opposite end of this lever engages with a stud28 on a vertical rod 29, which carries at its upper end a display-platehaving a number thereon corresponding with the number on thefinger-button of the key connected therewith. The numeral 30 denotes atransverse plate, the ends of which work in grooves in the frame or inthe casing 1. At regular intervals throughout its length this plate isformed with a rectangular aperture 31 and an intersecting slot 32.Pivoted to the lower ends of the key-bars are bars 33, having upon oneside cams 34, which engage with the aperture in the plate 30, while theedges'of the bars rest in the slots 32; Springs 35 are connected withdownwardly-depending arms 25 and with the pivoted bars 33, the tendencyof which is to force the said pivoted arms 33 and consequently the plate30 inwardly.

The numeral 37 denotes a transverse plate secured to the frame of thedevice for limiting the forward movement of the bars 33.

The cash-openings, which are similar to those in my patent beforereferred to, are provided with transverse shutters 38 and 39, secured toshafts 40 and 41, pivoted in the frame of the apparatus. These shaftsare provided with cranks 42, pivoted to a vertical bar 43, which in turnis pivoted to a longitudinal lever45, pivoted or fulorumed on atransverse shaft 46 and provided with a short vertical arm 47, whichengages with a notch 48 in the plate 30.

The numeral 49 denotes the change-drawer, which may readily be moved inand out, and 50 designates the sealed or locked cash till or receptaclelocated within the casing above the change-drawer.

The operation is as follows: lVhen a cash payment is made and akeydepressed to register the same, the pivoted pawls on the ends of theconnected keylever will move the wheel 5 the extent of one number, thusindicating that one sale equal in value to the amount on thefinger-button of the key has been made. At the same time the arm 25 willstrike the end of lever 26 and elevating the opposite end thereof, whichwill cause the displayplate to be also elevated. As the arm strikes thelever 26 the plate 30 will be moved outward by the cam 34 engaging withthe aperture 31, whereby the end of the lever can clear said plate. Asthe key-bar continues its movement the cam will become disengaged fromthe aperture, so as to allow the said plate to return to normalposition, being forced inward by the spring 35 and pivoted bar 33, whenit will engage with the lever 26 and keep the display-plate elevateduntil another key is depressed to register another sale. As thesemovements take place the short arm 47 of lever 45 will be actuated bythe plate 30, and by means of the bar and cranks the shutters will beopened to allow the cash previously deposited in the cashopenings todrop to the cash-till. Upon the return movement of the plate theshutters will be closed to receive and retain the cash just received,which will remain in sight until a subsequent sale is made and theshutters again actuated by depressing a key to register such sale. IVhenthe wheel has made a complete revolution, the pin on the pawl 8 willengage with the depressed portion 13 of the groove 15, causing the pawlto be engaged with the ratchet 9, whereby the wheel (5 is moved onetooth or point, thereby indicating that thirty sales have beenregistered by wheel 5. The registering-wheels are returned to zero bymeans of the catches 1S and groove 15 in the shaft 4, as beforedescribed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is.

1. In a cash-register, the combination, with the registering-wheels, ofthe pivoted keylevers having spring-pawls at their inner ends, the key-bars, the down wardly-dependingarms formed with said levers, the barspivoted to the key-bars, provided with cams, the transverse plate havinga rectangular aperture and an intersecting slot, the levers with whichsaid plate and arms are adapted to engage, and the rods carrying thedisplay-plates, substantially as described.

2. In a cash-register, the combination, with the casingprovidedwithcash-openingsandthe shutters secured to pivoted transverseshafts provided with cranks, of the vertical bar connected with saidcranks, the lever pivoted to said bar and fulcrumed to a transverseshaft, and the short vertical arm engaging with a notch in the slidingplate,-actuated by the indicating-keys, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY AUGEST BIERLEY.

Witnesses:

T. 'I. FORMAN, J. M. TANNER.

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